Palace Theatre, Albany (must see)

The Palace Theatre is an entertainment venue, in downtown Albany. The 2,844 seat theater is owned by the City of Albany and presents various music, drama, film and comedy performances. It is home to the Albany Symphony Orchestra. At its opening, in October 1931, it was the third largest movie theater in the world.
Designed by John Eberson, The Palace is considered an excellent example of the architect's atmospheric theaters. It is a brick and stone steel frame building in two sections with the interior designed and decorated in the Austrian Baroque style. The foyer, between the lobby and main entrance, has red marble staircases decorated in scrollwork, cartouches, and garlands. The heavily decorated ceilings and walls include pilasters rising to complex entablatures, statuary, and arches framing the wall boxes; a Czech made crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling. In 1979 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Nine years later it was declared a contributing property to the Clinton Avenue Historic District.